General Biological Sciences
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Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of General Biological Sciences degree recipients are New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, and Houston, TX. The most common degree awarded to students studying General Biological Sciences is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General Biological Sciences and the types of students that study this field. Arizona State University Campus Immersion awards the most degrees in General Biological Sciences in the US, but Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences at City of Hope and Bryn Athyn College of the New Church have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Biological Sciences.
Tuition costs for General Biological Sciences majors are, on average, $7,070 for in-state public colleges, and $33,688 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General Biological Sciences programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (837 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (64,258 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in General Biological Sciences, is Public, 4-year or above (64,258 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer General Biological Sciences programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Arizona State University Campus Immersion has the most General Biological Sciences degree recipients, with 953 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in General Biological Sciences.
Out of all institutions that offer General Biological Sciences programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences at City of Hope has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Biological Sciences, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in General Biological Sciences by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for General Biological Sciences.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Biology graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Biology majors is $114,356 and the most common occupations are Physicians, Postsecondary teachers, and Other managers.
The industry that employs the most Biology majors is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Offices of physicians.
The average salary for Biology majors is $114,356 and the most common occupations are Physicians, Postsecondary teachers, and Other managers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Biology majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Biology majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Biology majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Biology majors, by number of employees, are Physicians, Postsecondary teachers, and Other managers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Biology majors working as Biological scientists, Optometrists, and Surgeons.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Biology majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Chief executives & legislators.
The number of Biology graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.68%, from 2.73M in 2020 to 2.86M in 2021.
The largest single share of Biology graduates go on to work as Physicians (14.5%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Biology by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Biology majors, by number of employees, are General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Offices of physicians.
The highest paying industries of Biology majors, by average wage, are Offices of physicians, Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers, and Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers.
The number of Biology graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.68%, from 2.73M in 2020 to 2.86M in 2021.
The industry which employs the most Biology graduates by share is General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Biology.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Biology majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Biology majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Biology. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 29 years old, which represent 3.41% and 3.35% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in General Biological Sciences are Bachelors Degree, Associates Degree, and Masters Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Biology are Bachelors Degree, Professional degree, and Masters Degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in General Biological Sciences.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in General Biological Sciences for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in General Biological Sciences.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in United Arab Emirates that hold Biology degrees (4.03 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (88,680 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Biological Sciences field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Biological Sciences majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Biological Sciences majors need more than the average amount of Quality Control Analysis, Programming, Science, Operation Monitoring, Troubleshooting, Systems Analysis, Technology Design, Systems Evaluation, Operation and Control, Management of Material Resources, Operations Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, Mathematics, Time Management, Complex Problem Solving, Writing, Persuasion, Judgment and Decision Making, Learning Strategies, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Negotiation, Management of Personnel Resources, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Instructing, Monitoring, Active Learning, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Coordination, Equipment Selection, Installation, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for General Biological Sciences majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Quality Control Analysis is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Writing, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Time Management, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Mathematics, Active Learning, Monitoring, Persuasion, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Learning Strategies, Science, Instructing, Negotiation, Service Orientation, Management of Personnel Resources, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Operations Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Operation and Control, Troubleshooting, Technology Design, Programming, Equipment Selection, Installation, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing are the three most important skills for people in the field.
